Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider presented by Fanduel, Matthew Collar here.

And on the show today, ESPN's Kevin Sefer.

All right, Kevin, here's what we're going to do on the show today.

I'm going to ask you every single question that I've been asked about Kyler Murray. We're going to go through

all of the most common questions regarding Kyler Murray's the quarterback of the Vikings. And,

oh, by the way, they haven't really signed any free agents. We're going to get into that. And

the Jonathan Grenard rumors persist, but there has been no movement. So why don't we just start out with this?

What was your reaction to Kyler Murray becoming the quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings?

My first initial reaction was, man, I can't believe they did it.

Because as cheap as he is on the $1.3 million guarantees for veteran minimum and just a one-year

contract and seemingly no commitment, to me it represents like kind of a massive organizational

decision. I mean, two years ago, they drafted J.J. McCarthy to be their franchise quarterback. And if it works out the way they hope it does, and everyone hopes it does with

Kyler Murray, then that means J.J. McCarthy is done. And that, at least with this franchise,

and that is a pretty monumental potential decision. And they know that's one of the many outcomes and it would be in a way a good outcome because it meant that Kyler Murray played well and and that they would be able to move forward with him potentially and so that was my first reaction is like and that was the reason I was you know to the extent that I had any doubts

that it was going to be Kyler Murray you know I've been saying he was at or near the top of

their list all along and you've obviously been doing that as well and many others have but like

that it required them to make that determination and be willing to accept that as one of the possible, if not

the likely outcomes of this. And that's a big deal. Since the start of the 2000 season, there's

only been three quarterbacks drafted in the first round who have started 10 or less games

with the team that drafted them. And that list is not good.

It's Paxton Lynch. It's Johnny Mansell and it's Trey Lance. And so the potential that J.J. McCarthy

could end up in that on that list is wild, even though we all had a front seat to that, to the season and the 10 games that he played last year.

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